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Andrew Malcolm, McClatchyDC: Most of Donald Trump’s achievements – pulling out of TPP and the Paris Accord, for example – could be done unilaterally by him. As have some negative things like staff turmoil. Things that require teamwork come harder. Take the prolonged disaster that was Obamacare repeal, please.

Robert Greenwald: The director and producer of “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism” calls on California’s governor to put up or shut up on immigrant protections such as the “sanctuary state” bill and curbs on for-profit prisons. Gov. Jerry Brown, he says, should stop talking about ending deportations and start signing bills.

Take a number: $4,360

Using the medium best understood by the Trump administration, Nancy McFadden, Gov. Jerry Brown’s chief aide, tweeted: “If @realDonaldTrump opens our Nat’l Monuments to drilling/mining/timber harvesting, CA & @JerryBrownGov will respond with swift legal action.” This comes as Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke prepares to deliver final recommendations by Thursday to Trump on the fate of 21 national monuments in the West, including Berryessa Snow Mountain. Our McClatchyDC colleague Stuart Leavenworth reports that several congressional Republicans, including Reps Doug LaMalfa of Richvale and Tom McClintock of Elk Grove, called on Zinke to reverse the Berryessa decision. That’s a terrible idea, one that would run counter to the wishes of elected officials led by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, who actually represent Berryessa. As we have said, Californians want these spectacular natural areas protected, not opened up to drilling, logging and mining. U.S. Senate Democrats, meanwhile, issued papers promoting the economic benefits of the monuments, saying that per person income is $4,360 a year higher in counties with protected public lands than those without. – Foon Rhee,@foonrhee

Kansas City Star: Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens did the right thing Tuesday when he stayed the execution of Marcellus Williams and appointed a board of inquiry to review Williams’ request for clemency. It was a remarkable and merciful decision.